I'm not at RootsTech 2024 in Salt Lake City (due to my health issues), but I had a full day watching virtually from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific time.
1) Here are the scheduled classes that I watched live online:
* 7 a.m. Did My Family Get Skipped? Mining Census Records for Missing Ancestors, By Nicole Gilkison LaRue
* 8:30 a.m.: You CanDO the DNA #2–Get Your Best Ethnicity Estimate, by Diahan Southard
* 10 a.m.: RootsTech2024 | General Session 2 | Lynne Jackson and Nancy Borowick -
- MyHeritage highlights by Aaron Godfrey, including new DNA ethnicities, AI Biographer, AI Record Finder, DNA test upload, OldNews.com announcement;
- Lynne Jackson – Dred Scott history and foundation;
- American Ancestors 10 million Names project – African-American enslaved people, 10MillionNames.org;
- Nancy Borowick – photographer. How do you want to be remembered? Remembering is everything. Family is everything.
* 12:30 p.m.: You Can DO the DNA #3–Light Your DNA Match List onFire!, by Diahan Southard.
* 2 p.m.: BrickWalls! Real? or Created Through Faulty Research?, by Barbara Vines Little
* 3:30 p.m.: Uncovering Family History with MyHeritage’s AI Tools, by Ran Snir
2) I also watched these classes from earlier:
* FamilySearch Tech Forum, by Craig Miller, FamilySearch, Michelle Barber, Sarah Hammon, Todd Powell, Bill Mangum
* Looking for Dutch ancestors: the basics, by John Boeren
3) There were press releases on Thursday and Friday from:
* MyHeritage: MyHeritage launches OldNews.com
* FileShadow: FileShadow Announces Support for Person Identification, Drag & Drop Attach, and Import, View, Edit, and Write Photo Metadata.
4) There are many vendor specials available for in-person and virtual attendees at RootsTech 2024. Thomas MacEntee has them at https://genealogybargains.com/incredible-genealogy-sale/.
5) There is one more day at RootsTech 2024 - go watch Saturday classes, and/or watch some from earlier days, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/schedule?day=2024-03-02.
6) Observations:
- Not much, if anything, about family trees.
- Lots about stories.
- Every company is doing artificial intelligence tasks.
- Technical problems at the beginning.
- Many in-person and virtual presentations have handouts which can be helpful.
- Now up to over 46,000 Relatives at RootsTech.
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